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K. HEDBERG. EGG GUTTER.

No. 562,605. v PatentedJuneZS, 1 89 6.

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

KARL HEDBERG, or NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

EGG-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 562,605, dated June 23, 1896.

A licati n fil d November 21,1895. fierial No. 569,609. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KARL I-IEDBERG, a'citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

This invention relates to devices for cutting-- off the ends of eggs or the shells thereof; and the object of the invention is to provide a device for this purpose, which is simple in con struction and operation, and by means of which the end of an egg may be broken off without breaking the rest of the shell.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol lowing specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvement, parts thereof being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a plan view showing the parts in position for operation.

In the practice of my invention, Iprovide a frame A, which is oblong'in form, and provided with a circular opening B, and said frame is provided at one end with projecting arms a, which connect with a tubular head or projection 0, provided with guides or ways D. Mounted in the guides or ways D and adapted to slide therein is a cutter G, provided with a cutting edge g, which maybe segmental in form, convex, straight, or any preferred shape, and said cutter is provided with a stem or shank K, on which is mounted a spring is, one end of which bears upon the cutter G and the other end of which bears upon an inwardly-directed annular shoulder L, formed on the outer end of the tubular head 0, through which the stem or shank K projects, and said stem or shank is provided at its outer end with a button or head M.

The frame A is provided with a curved cross-piece (1 which forms a part thereof, and part of the wall of the circular opening B and said cross-piece is provided with asemicircular cavity or recess a through which passes the inner end of the stem or shank K of the cutter G, said stem or shank being proouter portion of the frame A is provided with a similar semicircular cavity or recess a. I

also provide a spring 0, the inner ends of which are secured to the frame at O and said spring is extended outwardly and is inwardly directed across the outer end of the tubular extension or head 0, and is adapted to operate in connection with a notch or recess P, formed in the stem or shank K, and to hold the same in the extended position, as shown in Fig. 3, and the object of the semicircular cavity or recess a is to provide means for drawing the cutter from the frame, which may be done by removing the button or head M.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. By taking hold of the button or head M and drawing the cutter out, as shown in Fig. 3, the spring 0 will operate in connection with the notch or recess P to hold the cutter in this derstood.

The device herein described may be made of any desired metal or material, and my invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such alterations therein, and modifications thereof, as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- As a new article of manufacture, an eggcutting machine constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of an oblong frame having on one end a circular opening within which is a sliding cutter about the projecting shank of which is fixed a coiled spring; projecting arms integral with said frame and supporting a tubular head provided with guides for said sliding cutter; a curved cross-piece forming part of the wall of the circular opening in saidframe and provided my inventionI have signed my name, in presonce of the subscribing Witnesses, this 14th 10 day of November, 1895.

KARL HEDBERG. Witnesses:

M. DRISCOLL, G. H. BARKER. 

